3055 St. Clair • Rochester Hills, MI • 48309 •

Phone 248-890-9804 • E-mail [email protected]

Website – www.geocities.com/jcrobertsondesign

My objective is to gain experience, as well as to challenge and expand my talents in an entry-level advertising position or internship.

8-99 to 12-99      Central Michigan University          Mt. Pleasant, MI

1-00  to 4-01       Oakland University                  Rochester Hills, MI

8-01 to 6-03        Michigan State University            East Lansing, MI

Bachelor of the Arts in Advertising from MSU

Concentration in Creative

Graduated first in class from Advertising Department in May 2003. Graduated with Honors, Dean’s List every semester, invited to Golden Key, and NSCS Honor Societies.

1-2003 to 5-2003       MSU/Y&R Agency                 East Lansing, MI

Student Creative Director

·         Nominated as student Creative Director at Michigan State University to work on Dannon La Crème account for Y&R Agency-New York. It was an educational experience involving the management of a small creative team working under myself. I learned what it is like to work on a real agency account. My duties included designing, copywriting, and presenting of all creative materials

5-2001-Present          Lifetime Fitness Inc.                            Troy, MI

Asst. Department Head

·         I am currently the Assistant Department Head of the Aquatics division of Lifetime Fitness. It was a great leadership building experience. My duties include management/education of staff, financial budgeting, scheduling, payroll, event organizing, charity planning, ect.

9-98 – Present           Freelance                                    Rochester, MI

Freelance Designer

·         I have been practicing as a freelance designer in many different formats since high school. I have produced flyers and posters for small business and school functions, designed web sites, and have produced and edited many video projects. In high school I sold and designed custom art to be embroidered on varsity jackets.

·         Developed Print Portfolio                          

·         Adobe Photoshop 7.0                                

·         Adobe Illustrator 10                                   

·         Quark XPress                                            

·         Adobe InDesign 2.0                                   

·         Adobe Premiere 6.0                                                 

·         Adobe Go-Live 6.0 Web Design              

·         Tradition art/drawing                    

·         Digital/Film Photography                           

·         MS Office Suite                                          

·         MS Windows (3.0-XP/2000)          

·         Mac OS X                                                

·         Computer Hardware Expert                      

·         Jim Gilmore          Leo Burnett-Chicago (retired)     517-353-6460

·         Amy Hyatt             Lifetime Fitness                         248-709-7273

·         PJ Fairbrother                                                        248-852-4248

·         Gordie D’Avignon                                                 248-953-0445

·         Jen McQueen                                                         248-835-5407

·         Glen Stewart                                                          248-821-2121

·         Allie Miller                                                              269-998-8517